happy 10-year anniversary to this razor-sharp political prognostication

Trent: Immigrants are far less likely than native-born citizens to commit crimes. That is not who we need to protect ourselves from. It actually turns out that we need to protect ourselves from the rich, the powerful, the oligarchs — the Epsteins of the world, the Trumps of the world.

A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today. It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files. Just wow.

Pam Bondi: "What does ties mean?" Becca Balint: "Please stop talking. I am not asking trick questions here. The American People have the right to know."

AOC: We all saw the performance Bondi had. She was screaming and crashing, and I think it’s because she knows she is implicated in a massive cover-up to protect a ring of pedophiles through:

At least some people are doing what they can to create consequences because we all know Pam Bondi isn’t.

Khanna: There were two rounds of redactions. There was the original FBI redactions… and they did a second round of redactions at the DOJ. What they’re showing members now is the unredacted version of the DOJ’s redactions—not the original FBI redactions. They’re in blatant violation of the law.

The right makes everything into a culture war, even the NFL hiring the number one artist in the USA for their halftime show. Aren’t we tired of everything being turned into a culture war?

"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.

Every American needs to watch this:

Yeah, it's fucking obvious he's going to fucking try a coup again if he loses the midterms (which is incredibly likely). I give it a 99% chance. Why this isn't treated as an existential threat by the people who *want* to lead Congress next year is frankly mystifying.

More evidence that the whole MAGA movement are good with pedophiles. Trump will happily have Kid Rock in the White House. Has he ever invited Bad Bunny?

JK Rowling has not tweeted since openly denying that her team invited the world's most notorious child rapist to a kid's play despite evidence directly disproving her claims

This is the director of Melania, Brett Ratner. Trump sought him specifically out to direct the film. It's not surprising that he found him on Epstein Island. He's also accused of rape and sexual assault by more than 6 women including established actors like Natasha Henstridge and Olivia Munn.

Let me be clear. DHS officers are the Gestapo and they are kidnapping people.

This is just wild.

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

So did all those fishing boats carrying drugs coincidentally stop when Maduro was arrested? That’s weird, right? I wouldn't have thought all that daily drug trafficking would just immediately stop.

Unbeknownst to Trump, sources told The Independent, Weiss was actually on location for the interview and quickly approached the president. “He was so happy to see her and she was so excited to meet him, they both leaned in and exchanged kisses on the cheek." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.

“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy

The happiest boy alive.

Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents. Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center. Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.

Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen: "If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU." "Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.

This poll says a lot. Only 15% of Republicans feel that the force used (deadly force) was not justified.

Every time there's a trans argument at SCOTUS, the male attorneys make it clear that they are either unintelligent, or do not prepare in the slightest. But the female attorneys representing trans folk have to be so completely overprepared. It's just another show of misogyny in these cases.

A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming

I guess at least one Christian read the New Testament. www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

Do Vance and DHS think we can't actually watch the video?

SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.” ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.” Via Alpha News

Is The Hill doing Onion headlines now?

Free, Free South America.

Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair." One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."

Rep. Ilhan Omar: "I hope he gets the help he needs. It sounds like he's trying to deflect from the failures that he's had as president ... he's fought to be the head of the pedophile protection party."

Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.

Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.

And yes, @jonathankarl.bsky.social and the ABC News crew did their homework! On the left, the 2024 Walmart meal. On the right, the 2025 version.

Republicans should have their own bathrooms. youtube.com/shorts/pvulz...

Democratic Party leadership must change and change now. They just put the country through the longest shut down in history and got nothing for it. They hurt Americans for nothing. They are complete failures. They continue to fail us.

I don't want to jump to any hasty conclusions here, but this email exchange from 2011 between Jeff Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell about Donald Trump having spent hours alone with an underage girl does seem like it might be bad for him.

Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult. A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates. When will party leadership learn this lesson?

Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

Newscasters are fine with bald faced lies. I doubt know about you but my 401K is not double what it was last year. 16% is not 100%.

It's all a big grift.

Uh oh. youtu.be/P6WD7B_I_9c?...

Me watching videos of animals scared by Halloween decorations and then realizing it’s AI. youtu.be/JODWCwycNmg?...

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.